Everything more or less comes down to one principle with me: I try to keep an open mind. I try even harder not to judge, as I don't know the circumstances that leads to someone's actions. I enjoy many things, most people, all thoughts and a large number of experiences. I love most forms of "art" (though admittedly interpretive dance confuses the h*ll out of me), and I strive to find artists, musicians and other interesting people to talk to. Music, paintings, drawings, sculptures, and architecture (very much so, music and architecture) have a tendency to grab my attention and I'll usually go out of my way to take a look and listen. On the hobby front; I am a musician, writer, occasionally do stand up, have worked on films, DJed... I guess I've done (and still do) a lot of things, really -- though those things have taken a bit of a back seat to my career.

Balance -- great word. To me balance is incredibly important. Balance between work and play. Between health and enjoyment. I feel that life is short and that we should all act accordingly. I try my hardest to give back to my community, and I enjoy helping people along the way. I am a Navy veteran and admittedly that does influence my personality, though I'm about as liberal as a person can get. I have lived in quite a few different places -- my favorite being my present home of Southern California (I love hiking mountains and hanging at the beach). I love to travel... plan on doing quite a bit more of that.

What I’m doing with my life

All sorts of varying and interesting things...

I’m really good at

Quite a few things... not so good at other things... ok at far more things. I'm a jack-of-all-trades.

The first things people usually notice about me

Whatever hat I'm wearing at the moment -- and yes, I wear them a lot (it's a Navy thing, feel free to ask) -- and a generally laid back demeanor.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food

All genres of music (minus modern country). I love any type of rock (alt, grunge, metal, punk, pop, &c.&.c), jazz, fusion, classical, bluegrass, folk, some hip-hop... I greatly enjoy electronica (everything from trip-hop and acid jazz, to really spacey ambient and IDM). At the moment, I'm into Washed Out, Violent Soho, the Belligerants, the Besnard Lakes, Bob James and a million other things. Really, I love music.